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About Andrew Plimpton

Andrew Plimpton is a writer based in Western Massachusetts. His fiction has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Write Launch, and other venues. His plays have been performed at The Tank in New York City, and he has written for Film-Forward since 2018.

Harriet

Any filmmaker who accepts the task of translating Harriet Tubman’s life into film is faced with a wealth of riches and immense challenges.

By |October 31st, 2019|Biopic|0 Comments

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

As an introduction to the history and use of sound in film, this documentary is admirable, enjoyable, and hard to resist.

By |October 25th, 2019|Documentary, Film History, Top Picks|0 Comments

Parasite

The year's Palme d'Or winner is full of dark humor, surreal twists, and genuinely jaw-dropping sequences.

By |October 11th, 2019|Satire, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Death of Dick Long

A dark screwball comedy set in backwoods Alabama.

By |October 3rd, 2019|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Sound of Silence

Peter Sarsgaard stars as a house tuner, hired to go into the homes of the depressed, the sleep-deprived, the anxious, or all of the above, and listen deeply.

By |September 21st, 2019|Indie|0 Comments

Jawline

Trying to become rich and Instagram-famous.

By |August 22nd, 2019|Documentary, Teen|0 Comments

The Art of Self-Defense

A movie built around a critique of toxic masculinity so obvious it could have been written by an algorithm.

By |July 12th, 2019|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Indie|0 Comments

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The film takes enormous risks, not the least of which is its open and unabashed appeal to the heart.

By |June 7th, 2019|Indie|0 Comments

The Gasoline Thieves | Tribeca Film Festival 2019

Effective and affecting and with an unflagging pace, The Gasoline Thieves is likely to satisfy—and scar—many of its viewers.

By |June 1st, 2019|Festivals, Teen|0 Comments